M. Basketball. Eagles to be Inducted into Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame

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M. Basketball. Eagles to be Inducted into Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame

The late Tommy Joe Eagles – former Louisiana Tech men's basketball player, assistant coach and head coach – will be inducted into the 2018 Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame by the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches (LABC).

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I was one of the half dozen Tech fans - in a crowd of 10,000 - at the Providence Civic Center when Coach Eagles and Randy White schooled Rick Pitino's Providence Friars in NIT action. Coach invited us back to celebrate with the team afterwards. You couldn't find a coach with more passion for his trade. Friars fans were aghast as White rained threes that night.

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The fact that Randy White is not in the LA Tech HOF is absurd. He was the classic "All World" college basketball player, and arguably an All-Time top 5 men's player for Tech. He also played on some good Tech teams. No, he didn't have much of an NBA career. But White was drafted #8 in the 1st round of the 1989 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks,. That alone tells you what kind of college player he was. White did play 5 full years in the NBA until his contract was not renewed by the Mavs. He went overseas after that.

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Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden

HD he is Buddy Davis and mine next project on the basketball side of the HOF...

Thank you. Glad to hear that, Dwayne. IMO, the LA Tech HOF has a credibility issue as long as great athletes like Randy White are not in the hall. I might feel differently if he had left Tech only 10 or 12 years ago, but White left LA Tech almost 30 years ago. There's simply no excuse for this oversight.